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Vega to launch ESA's wind mission
Sep 09, 2016 (ESA)
ESA and Arianespace have signed a contract to secure the launch of the Aeolus satellite. With this milestone, a better understanding of Earth's winds is another...
China researches high resolution imaging from high orbit
Sep 05, 2016 (XNA)
Chinese researchers are confident of making technological breakthroughs over the next four years in developing high resolution imaging that can see car-sized ob...
China hi-res SAR imaging satellite sends back pictures
Sep 02, 2016 (XNA)
China on Thursday published the first pictures transmitted back to earth from Gaofen-3, the country's first C-band high-resolution Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR...
Quest to find the 'missing physics' at play in landslides
Sep 01, 2016 (SPX)
During the 1990s, Charles S. Campbell, now a professor in the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Southern California, began...
Sentinel-1 provides new insight into Italy's earthquake
Aug 31, 2016 (ESA)
On 24 August, an earthquake struck central Italy, claiming at least 290 lives and causing widespread damage. Satellite images are being used to help emergency a...
FLEX takes on mutants
Aug 29, 2016 (ESA)
Because a plant isn't green doesn't mean it can't photosynthesise as well as its more usual counterpart, but when measured by satellites, these non-green variet...
LTU uses underground radar to locate post-Katrina damage
Aug 29, 2016 (SPX)
An innovative underground radar technology developed at Louisiana Tech University is helping the City of Slidell in south Louisiana to identify and document und...
Stanford scientists combine satellite data and machine learning to map poverty
Aug 22, 2016 (SPX)
One of the biggest challenges in providing relief to people living in poverty is locating them. The availability of accurate and reliable information on the loc...
Van Allen probes catch rare glimpse of supercharged radiation belt
Aug 18, 2016 (SPX)
Our planet is nestled in the center of two immense, concentric doughnuts of powerful radiation: the Van Allen radiation belts, which harbor swarms of charged pa...
New map of world vegetation reveals substantial changes since 1980s
Aug 18, 2016 (SPX)
A botany researcher at New Zealand's University of Otago and colleagues have developed a new system to map the world's "biomes" - large-scale vegetation formati...
NASA Study Analyzes Four Corners Methane Sources
Aug 17, 2016 (JPL)
In an extensive airborne survey, a NASA-led team has analyzed a previously identified "hot spot" of methane emissions in the Four Corners region of the United S...
CYGNSS Undergoes Vibration Testing
Aug 15, 2016 (SPX)
Engineers prepare NASA's eight Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS) microsatellites, mounted on the deployment module, for vibration testing at t...
Map shows how Earth's vegetation has changed since 1980s
Aug 15, 2016 (UPI)
Scientists at the University of Otago have developed a new system for mapping and monitoring the transformation of Earth's biomes, or large-scale vegetation for...
Foraging strategies of smallest seals revealed in first ever satellite tracking study
Aug 08, 2016 (SPX)
The first ever satellite tracking study of one the world's endangered seal species has revealed new information about their migration habits and hunting pattern...
Study Maps Hidden Water Pollution in U.S. Coastal Areas
Aug 08, 2016 (JPL)
Coastal waters and near-shore groundwater supplies along more than a fifth of coastlines in the continental United States are vulnerable to contamination from p...
Iran, Roscosmos Discuss Price of Remote-Sensing Satellite Construction, Launch
Aug 08, 2016 (Sputnik)
Iranian Communications Minister Mahmoud Vaezi said that Tehran is in talks with the Roscosmos corporation on the implementation details of the nuclear project i...
Study provides a new method to measure the energy of a lightning strike
Aug 04, 2016 (SPX)
Florida, often recognized as the "lightning capital of the United States," is a great place to study the amount of energy released by a lightning strike. Just a...
Russia Plans to Use Atmospheric Satellite 'Sova' to Develop North, Siberia
Aug 04, 2016 (Sputnik)
The first Russian atmospheric satellite dubbed "Sova" (Owl), which was recently successfully tested, will be used primarily for the development of the Russia's ...
Migration, hunting patterns of Caspian seals tracked by satellite
Aug 03, 2016 (UPI)
After tracking Caspian seals for nearly a year, researchers say they have gained new knowledge of the animals' migration habits and hunting patterns that may he...
WorldView-4 Earth Imaging Satellite Arrives at Vandenberg Air Force Base for Sept 15 Launch
Aug 02, 2016 (SPX)
After a more than 250-mile road trip in a cleanroom-on-wheels, Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) delivered DigitalGlobe's (NYSE: DGI) WorldView-4 satellite to Vandenb...
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